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Carolyn Sue Jones[1] (April 28, 1930 – August 3, 1983)[2] was an American actress of television and film. Jones began her film career in the early 1950s, and by the end of the decade had achieved recognition with a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Bachelor Party (1957) and a Golden Globe Award as one of the most promising new actresses of 1959. Her film career continued for another 20 years. In 1964, she began playing the role of matriarch Morticia Addams in the original 1964 black and white television series The Addams Family.

Carolyn Jones
Jones in 1956
Born	Carolyn Sue Jones (1930-04-28)April 28, 1930 Amarillo, Texas, U.S.
Died	August 3, 1983(1983-08-03) (aged 53) West Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting place	Melrose Abbey Memorial Park Cemetery, Anaheim, California
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	1952–1983
Spouse(s)	Don Donaldson ​ ​ (m. 1950; div. 1951)​ Aaron Spelling ​ ​ (m. 1953; div. 1964)​ Herbert Greene ​ ​ (m. 1968; div. 1977)​ Peter Bailey-Britton ​ ​ (m. 1982)​

Early life

Carolyn Jones was born in Amarillo, Texas, the daughter of Chloe Jeanette Southern,[3] a housewife, and Julius Alfred Jones, a barber.[1][4][5] After their father abandoned the family in 1934, Carolyn and her younger sister, Bette Rhea Jones,[3] moved with their mother into her parents' Amarillo home.[6] Jones suffered from severe asthma that often restricted her childhood activities, and when her condition prevented her from going to the movies, she became an avid reader of Hollywood fan magazines and aspired to become an actress. She enrolled at the Pasadena Playhouse in California at age 17, with her grandfather, Charles W. Baker, paying her tuition.[7][8][9]

Film

After being spotted by a talent scout at the Playhouse, Jones secured a contract with Paramount Pictures and made her first film, an uncredited part in The Turning Point (1952);[9] had an uncredited bit part as a nightclub hostess in The Big Heat (1953); and a role in House of Wax (also 1953) as the woman who is converted by Vincent Price's character into a Joan of Arc statue. She played Beth in Shield for Murder (1954), earning $500 per day for playing the role.[11]

Jones was cast in the film From Here to Eternity (1953) in the role of Alma "Lorene" Burke. A bout of pneumonia forced her to withdraw; the role earned Donna Reed the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.[12]

She appeared in Invasion of the Body Snatchers and in the Alfred Hitchcock film, The Man Who Knew Too Much (both 1956), a remake of one of the director's earlier films.

In 1958, Jones was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Bachelor Party (1957), and she also shared the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress with Sandra Dee and Diane Varsi, and appeared with Elvis Presley in King Creole (1958).

Jones played opposite Frank Sinatra in Frank Capra's A Hole in the Head, Dean Martin in Career, and Anthony Quinn and Kirk Douglas in Last Train from Gun Hill (all 1959).

In the epic Western, How the West Was Won (1963), she played the role of Sheriff Jeb Rawlings' (George Peppard) wife. She appears with Peppard and Debbie Reynolds in the final speaking/singing scenes of the film.

Television

She appeared in several episodes of Dragnet, credited as Caroline Jones in several episodes

Jones made her television debut on the DuMont series Gruen Playhouse in 1952. She appeared in two Rod Cameron syndicated series, City Detective and State Trooper, as Betty Fowler in the 1956 episode, "The Paperhanger of Pioche". She made five appearances on the crime drama series Dragnet, starring Jack Webb, between 1953 and 1955. Jones appeared on the CBS anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents in the episode "The Cheney Vase" (1955), as a secretary assisting her scheming boyfriend Darren McGavin in attempting an art theft, and opposite Ruta Lee.

In 1957, she had the lead in the episode "The Girl in the Grass" on CBS's Schlitz Playhouse, with once again Ray Milland and Nora Marlowe.

Jones guest starred three times on the television series Wagon Train: in first-season episode "The John Cameron Story" (1957) and in later color episodes "The Jenna Douglas Story" (1961) and "The Molly Kincaid Story" (1963). Also in 1963 she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star - Female for portraying quadruplets—one the murder victim and the others suspects—in the Burke's Law episode "Who Killed Sweet Betsy?"

She guest-starred in CBS's The DuPont Show with June Allyson, with James Best and Jack Mullaney, in the episode "Love on Credit" (1960).

In the 1962–1963 season, Jones guest-starred on CBS's The Lloyd Bridges Show, which Spelling created. While married to Spelling, she appeared on the NBC program Here's Hollywood.[13]

In 1964, using a long coal-black wig, Jones began playing Morticia Addams on the television series The Addams Family, a role which brought her success as a comedian and a Golden Globe Award nomination. She guest-starred on the 1960s TV series Batman, playing Marsha, the Queen of Diamonds,[5] and in 1976 appeared as the title character's mother, Hippolyta, in the Wonder Woman TV series. In Tobe Hooper's movie Eaten Alive (1976), she played a madam running a rural whorehouse. The film also featured Neville Brand, Roberta Collins, and Robert Englund. Her last role was that of Myrna, the scheming matriarch of the Clegg clan, on the soap opera Capitol from the first episode in March 1982 until March 1983, though she already knew that she was dying of cancer. During her occasional absences, veteran actress Marla Adams subbed for her.

Her acting career declined after The Addams Family ended in 1966. Sporadic roles in the 1970s included that of Mrs. Moore, the wife of the plantation owner in the miniseries Roots.

Personal life

Jones was married four times and had no children. While studying at the Pasadena Playhouse, Jones married Don Donaldson, a 28-year-old fellow student. The couple soon divorced.[14]

Jones converted to Judaism upon being married to television producer Aaron Spelling from 1953 until their 1964 separation and divorce.[15]

Her third marriage, in 1968, was to Tony Award-winning Broadway musical director, vocal arranger and co-producer Herbert Greene (who was her vocal coach); she left him in 1977. She married actor Peter Bailey-Britton in September 1982.

Final years and death

Jones gained the role of the power-driven political matriarch Myrna Clegg in the CBS daytime soap opera Capitol in 1981. The following year, shortly after Capitol debuted, she was diagnosed with colon cancer, and played many of her scenes in a wheelchair.[16] The cancer spread quickly to her liver and stomach. Despite the pain, Jones finished the first season.[17]

Even after being diagnosed with colon cancer Jones continued to work while telling colleagues she was being treated for ulcers.[18] After a period of apparent remission, the cancer returned in 1982. In September 1982, realizing she was dying, Jones married her boyfriend of five years, actor Peter Bailey-Britton. She wore a lace and ribbon cap to hide the loss of her hair from chemotherapy.

In July 1983, she fell into a coma at her home in West Hollywood, California, where she died on August 3, 1983. Her body was cremated on August 4 and a memorial service was held at Glasband-Willen Mortuary in Altadena, California, on August 5, 1983. Her ashes were interred in her mother's crypt at Melrose Abbey Memorial Park & Mortuary in Anaheim. She donated her Morticia costume and wig to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, while a collection of The Addams Family scripts were donated by Bailey-Britton to UCLA.[19]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1952	The Turning Point	Miss Lillian Smith	Uncredited
1952	Road to Bali	Eunice	Uncredited
1952	Off Limits	Deborah
1953	The War of the Worlds	Blonde Party Guest	Uncredited
1953	House of Wax	Cathy Gray
1953	The Big Heat	Doris
1953	Geraldine	Kitty
1954	Make Haste to Live	Mary Rose
1954	The Saracen Blade	Elaine of Siniscola
1954	Shield for Murder	Girl at Bar
1954	Three Hours to Kill	Polly
1954	Désirée	Mme. Tallien	Uncredited
1955	The Seven Year Itch	Nurse Finch
1955	The Tender Trap	Helen
1956	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec
1956	The Man Who Knew Too Much	Cindy Fontaine
1956	The Opposite Sex	Pat
1957	The Bachelor Party	The Existentialist	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1957	Johnny Trouble	Julie Horton
1957	Baby Face Nelson	Sue Nelson
1958	Marjorie Morningstar	Marsha Zelenko	Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress (with Sandra Dee and Diane Varsi)
1958	King Creole	Ronnie
1959	The Man in the Net	Linda Hamilton
1959	Last Train from Gun Hill	Linda
1959	A Hole in the Head	Shirl
1959	Career	Shirley Drake
1960	Ice Palace	Bridie Ballantyne
1961	Sail a Crooked Ship	Virginia
1962	How the West Was Won	Julie Rawlings
1963	A Ticklish Affair	Tandy Martin
1969	Heaven with a Gun	Madge McCloud
1969	Color Me Dead	Paula Gibson
1976	Eaten Alive	Miss Hattie
1979	Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff	Beth

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1952–1954	Mr. and Mrs. North	Various characters	3 episodes
1953–1955	Dragnet	Various characters	5 episodes; billed as Caroline Jones
1954	The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse	Karen Brook	3 episodes
1954–1955	Studio 57	Various characters	4 episodes
1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Pamela Waring	Episode: "The Cheney Vase"
1954–1957	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Various characters	4 episodes
1955–1957	The Millionaire	Carol Fletcher; Emily Short	2 episodes
1957–1961	Zane Grey Theater	Various characters	3 episodes
1957–1963	Wagon Train	Various characters	3 episodes: 'The John Cameron Story';
1961–1962	The Dick Powell Show	Various characters	3 episodes
1962	Dr. Kildare	Evy Schaller	Episode: "The Mask Makers"
1963–1964	Burke's Law	Richards quadruplets (1963); Carole Durand (1964)	2 episodes Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star - Female (1963)
1964–1966	The Addams Family	Morticia Addams; Ophelia Frump; Lady Fingers	64 episodes
1966–1967	Batman	Marsha, Queen of Diamonds	5 episodes
1967	Rango	Belle Starker	Episode: "What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing Holding Up a Place Like This?"
1969	The Mod Squad	Lisa Whittaker; Ginny	Episode: "Lisa"
1969	Storybook Squares	Morticia Addams	Series debut
1969	Love, American Style	Vera	Segment: "Love and the Geisha"
1971	The Men From Shiloh	Annie Spencer	Episode: "The Legacy of Spencer Flats"
1972	The New Scooby-Doo Movies	Morticia Addams	Voice,Episode: "Wednesday is Missing"
1972	Ghost Story	Martha Alcott	Episode: "The Summer House"
1974	Ironside	Justine Cross	2 episodes
1975	Kolchak: The Night Stalker	The Registrar	Episode: "Demon In Lace"
1976	Ellery Queen	Rita Radcliffe	Episode: "The Adventure of the Hardhearted Huckster"
1976–1977	Wonder Woman	Queen Hippolyta	3 episodes
1977	Roots	Mrs. Moore	Television miniseries
1977	Halloween with the New Addams Family	Morticia Addams; Ophelia Frump	Television film
1977	Little Ladies of the Night	Marilyn Atkins	Television film
1977–1981	Quincy, M.E.	Various characters	3 episodes
1979	The French Atlantic Affair	Peg	Television miniseries
1979	The Love Boat	Margaret Jerome	Segment: "Cindy"
1979–1982	Fantasy Island	Various characters	3 episodes
1980	The Dream Merchants	Vera	Television miniseries
1980	Whew!	Herself	5 episodes
1981	Midnight Lace	Bernadette Chance	Remake of 1960 feature film
1982	Tattletales	Herself	5 episodes
1982	Capitol	Myrna Clegg	8 episodes; final acting role

Honors

Year	Award	Category	Title of work	Result
1958	Academy Award	Best Supporting Actress	The Bachelor Party	Nominated
1959	Golden Globe Award	New Star of the Year – Actress	Marjorie Morningstar	Won
1963	Golden Globe Award	Best TV Star - Female	Burke's Law	Nominated

References

Bibliography

• Pylant, James (2012). In Morticia's Shadow: The Life & Career of Carolyn Jones. Jacobus Books. ISBN 978-0984185757.

Further reading

• Jones, Carolyn (1971). Twice Upon a Time. Trident Press. ISBN 978-0671270742.

External links

• Carolyn Jones at IMDb 
• Carolyn Jones at AllMovie
• Carolyn Jones at Turner Classic Movies
• Carolyn Jones at the Internet Broadway Database
• Carolyn Jones at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Carolyn Jones at Find a Grave
• Carolyn Jones at Film Reference

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[de] Carolyn Jones

Carolyn Sue Jones (* 28. April 1930[1] in Amarillo, Texas; † 3. August 1983 in Hollywood, Kalifornien) war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin.

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[es] Carolyn Jones

Carolyn Sue Jones (Amarillo, 28 de abril de 1930-West Hollywood, 3 de agosto de 1983) fue una actriz estadounidense. Famosa mundialmente por la interpretación del personaje Morticia Addams en la serie The Addams Family.

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[ru] Джонс, Кэролин

Кэролин Джонс (англ. Carolyn Jones, 28 апреля 1930 — 3 августа 1983) — американская актриса, наиболее известная по роли Мортиши Аддамс в сериале «Семейка Аддамс» в 1960-х годах.

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